Narrow gauge railways in the Czech Republic

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Apart from the public lines listed below, there existed many non-public industrial, forest and agricultural narrow gauge systems; only a few of these are still running.

[edit] Current public lines

• Obrataň - Jindřichův Hradec - Nová Bystřice; gauge 760 mm (2 ft 5⅞ in), total length 79 km, 30 stations and stops, partly operated by steam locomotives, maximum permitted speed 50 km/h, privately owned by JHMD

• Osoblažka; Třemešná ve Slezsku - Osoblaha; gauge 760 mm (2 ft 5⅞ in), total length 20 km, maximum permitted speed 40 km/h, operated by national railway company České dráhy

• Liberec - Jablonec nad Nisou; gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in), operated by trams

[edit] Abandoned public lines

• Heřmanička; Frýdlant v Čechách - Heřmanice; 1900 - 1976; gauge 750 mm (2 ft 5½ in), used to be connected to Zittau - Reichenau line

• Moravský Beroun - Dvorce; 1898 - 1933; gauge 760 mm (2 ft 5⅞ in)

• Most - Litvínov - Janov; 7. 8. 1901 - 24. 3. 1961; gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in), operated by trams

• Network of 760 mm (2 ft 5⅞ in) gauge tram lines around Ostrava, Bohumín, Orlová and Karviná; 1902 - 1973 (last remaining line closed);